【正文】 warty back and went to his pond. Thumbelina woke up in the morning, and was so surprised that she could do nothing but weep silently.　　She thought that she would rather die than bee the wife of a toad. The fish who saw this unhappy event were sympathetic towards the poor girl, and said, Thumbelina is pitiful. Let39。s help her. The fish cut the leaf of a lotus flower on which Thumbelina was riding, so that she could run away from the toad. She was roaming around the riverside riding on the leaf of a lotus flower. At that time, a beetle came flying about and spied the top of the head of Thumbelina.　　Uh! She is a very pretty girl. Okay, I am going to make her my friend. The beetle grabbed Thumbelina and flew into the forest. How about that? She is my friend. Isn39。t she very pretty? The beetle bragged about her to his other beetle friends, but they all thought that she was an odd creature. What? She only has two legs but has no wings like we do. It is really strange.　　With his friends making fun of him, the beetle began to dislike Thumbelina. He went away with his friends, leaving the girl alone in the branches. She spent many lonely days eating tree fruits and flowers. Dear God, please send me to my mother. Thumbelina wandered around the forest shivering from cold and hunger.　　After some time, it began to snow. Thumbelina was looking for a place to take shelter when she finally saw a twinkling light. I am Thumbelina. Please allow me to take a rest in your house. A field mouse woman greeted the girl warmly saying, Oh my dear, please e in.　　The field mouse woman loved Thumbelina as if she were her own daughter. One day, a rich mole from a neighboring burrow came to the house for a holiday. He said, She is a really pretty girl. It would be good if she became the wife of my son. The field mouse woman was very happy about what the rich mole said. But Thumbelina did not like that haughty fellow. Yet she was unable to reject what the field mouse woman wanted.　　Thumbelina was taking a walk sadly in an underground passage, which was actually the house of the mole. At that time, she found a swallow that had fallen on the ground. Ah, poor swallow. Please gain your strength. Thumbelina nursed the swallow earnestly. Finally, spring came, and the swallow gained strength and was about to leave the underground passage. He said, Dear Thumbelina, e with me to the flower country where there is nothing but sun and flowers.　　She agreed and rode on the back of the swallow to the flower land, where the Prince of the country greeted her saying, Wele, Thumbelina! I was waiting for you. There began a great party to wele the happy girl. The Prince said, Dear Thumbelina, would you please marry me and bee the Queen of the flower country?　　She said, Yes, I will! The Prince then gave his royal crown and wings to Thumbelina. To her bird panion she said, Dear swallow, please deliver this news to my mother. Thereafter, the Prince and Thumbelina led a very happy life in the flower country.100個兒童英語故事閱讀：The Terrible King 可怕的國王　　A long time ago, there lived a terrible king. The terrible king39。s wish was that all the people would shake in fear at the sound of his name. The terrible king made the lives of the people in the neighbor land horrible. Here! Take everything!　　The Terrible King　　The terrible king viciously took away all the belongings of the neighbor land. He even scared the poor women and children. The king was not even sorry to the children and women. The terrible king bothered the people of the neighbor land worse and worse everyday. The palace became more and more magnificent.　　Put up a statue in the church! Now the terrible king was ordering the church to place a statue of himself there. However, the ministers could not do that. Your majesty may be great, but God is even greater.　　The terrible king was being angry. It was because he thought that he was the greatest in the whole world. Then the king was angry. What! He is greater? Then I will defeat God.　　In a loud voice, the terrible king said that he would win against God. That39。s why he ordered that a magnificent ship be built in order to go to the heaven. He said he would ride the ship to go and defeat God. The terrible king rode the ship up to heaven.　　From the sky, an angel was sent. However, the terrible king shot over a thousand bullets at the angel. Ahhhhhh Being shot, the angel was bleeding. The blood dropped unto the terrible king39。s ship. The angel39。s blood was so heavy that the king39。s ship sank.　　The terrible king became angry, again. Build a more stronger ship. The terrible king wanted a better ship, so he ordered all the workers in his kingdom to build it. I will defeat God for sure!　　The terrible king went up to heaven, once more. God sent mosquitoes to the terrible king. The terrible king just laughed at the mosquitoes. Go and bring me the best carpet.The king made another mand. He thought that if he wrapped the carpet around his body the mosquitoes would not be able to bite him. But one mosquito went inside of the carpet. Because of that one mosquito, the terrible king was rolling around screaming. The terrible king that couldn39。t even catch one mosquito was a laughingstock for his troops.100個兒童英語故事閱讀：The Wild Swans 野天鵝　　Once upon a time in a kingdom far away, there were eleven Princes and a single Princess, by the name of Elisa. One day, their mother died of a disease.　　Eventually the King married again. The new Queen hated the twelve children.　　She said craftily, Elisa is weak, and it would be good for her to go to the country for recuperation. The King was grateful to the Queen, as she seemed to care for the health of his daughter. Therefore, the Princess was sent off to the remotest corner of the country.　　The Queen then changed the eleven Princes into swans through her magic power, and sent them away from the royal palace. The Princes flew away crying sadly. Oh! I fee